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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Collins Classics)
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Collins Classics)
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Oscar Wilde
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| Series | Collins Classics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:272 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 111 |
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| Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Classic horror and ghost stories |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780007351053
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.8 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers
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| Imprint |
William Collins
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| Publication Date |
1 April 2010 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young... If it was only the other way!' Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful. The painting, which reflects each of Gray's sins and transgressions in its hideousness, haunts him until it finally becomes unbearable. In this dark tale of duplicity and mortality, Wilde creates a world where art and reality collide.
Author Biography
Born in Ireland in 1856, Oscar Wilde was a noted essayist, playwright, fairy tale writer and poet, as well as an early leader of the Aesthetic Movement. His plays include: An Ideal Husband, Salome, A Woman of No Importance, and Lady Windermere's Fan. Among his best known stories are The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Canterville Ghost.
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